Trump cuts funds for EVs, health in blue states
Source: The Hill
02/05/26 6:02 PM ET
The Trump administration is rescinding a total of $1.5 billion in health and transportation funds from multiple blue states, a spokesperson for the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) confirmed Thursday.
The OMB directed the Transportation Department to rescind $943 million from Colorado, Illinois, California and Minnesota, and it directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to rescind $602 million from those states.
The Transportation funds are mostly for electric vehicle chargers but also include other projects such as green buses. The CDC funds would have gone toward state and local health grants that the administration feels are too “woke.” The funding rescissions were first reported by the New York Post.
The targeted Transportation programs include: $100 million for deployment of electric vehicle chargers in Illinois near underserved communities; $15 million for Minneapolis and St. Paul to deploy chargers in low-income and high pollution areas; $15 million for a network across the San Francisco Bay area with an emphasis on disadvantaged communities; and $4.9 million for Colorado to install charging stations in low- and middle-income neighborhoods.
Read more: https://thehill.com/newsletters/energy-environment/5725615-trump-cuts-funds-for-evs-health-in-blue-states/
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I don't want to jump to conclusion, but I think this administration might be overstepping its Constitutional bounds.
